Player Dossier

2008-2011

Western Michigan

Ben Armer

P • 5'11" • Janesville, WI, USA

Impact contributor

Ben Armer shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.

Usage / Role

Role sample still building

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Impact Production

Production sample still building

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

85

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2008 Postseason · Western Michigan

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Western Michigan
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Rice

Player Story

Ben Armer built his college career from 2008 through 2011 as a punter from Janesville, WI wearing No. 37, spending time with Western Michigan. The clearest part of Ben Armer's career was his field-position work: 206...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2007 · Rating 0.7222

Parker · Jefferson, WI

Committed To
Western Michigan
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2007

Ben Armer, P. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2008 Postseason · Western Michigan. Ben Armer shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.

Quick Answers

Ben Armer quick answers

Latest team and position
Western Michigan · P
Career Touchdowns
0
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 49 games
Best season
2008 Postseason · Western Michigan
Top game
Rice
Recruit profile
2-star · Parker · Western Michigan
High school pipeline
Parker · 2 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 37 · Class 2011

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTDPrimaryOverall
2008 PostseasonWestern Michigan1300100
2008 Regular SeasonWestern Michigan1300100
2009 Regular SeasonWestern Michigan1200100
2010 Regular SeasonWestern Michigan1200100
2011 PostseasonWestern Michigan1200100
2011 Regular SeasonWestern Michigan1200100

Related Context

Ben Armer played P for Western Michigan. Across 4 tracked seasons, Ben Armer recorded -19 rushing yards. His top tracked season came in 2009 with Western Michigan.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2008 Postseason

Western Michigan paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.

Supporting note

2011 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with — efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2011 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Purdue

Loss with a strong all-around stat line. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2011 Postseason · Western Michigan

Games

12

Primary Metric / G

0

Efficiency

Usage

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Purdue

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Purdue: 0. Nicholls: 0. Central Michigan: 0. Illinois: 0. UConn: 0. Bowling Green: 0. Northern Illinois: 0. Eastern Michigan: 0. Ball State: 0. Toledo: 0. Miami (OH): 0. Akron: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

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Wins0 · Games = 7 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 5 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

12 games

Featured metric

Touchdowns

Top game by takeover score

Purdue

Best efficiency game

— vs Purdue

Result
Tue 12/27@ PurdueL 32-37
Fri 11/25vs AkronW 68-19
Thu 11/17@ Miami (OH)W 24-21
Wed 11/9@ ToledoL 63-66
Sat 10/29vs Ball StateW 45-35
Sat 10/22@ Eastern MichiganL 10-14
Sat 10/15@ Northern IllinoisL 22-51
Sat 10/8vs Bowling GreenW 45-21
Sat 10/1@ UConnW 38-31
Sat 9/24@ IllinoisL 20-23
Sat 9/17vs Central MichiganW 44-14
Sat 9/10vs NichollsW 38-7

Player Story

Ben Armer story

Ben Armer built his college career from 2008 through 2011 as a punter from Janesville, WI wearing No. 37, spending time with Western Michigan. The clearest part of Ben Armer's career was his field-position work: 206 punts and 8,314 punting yards across 49 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2009 with Western Michigan. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Special-teams careers depend on repeatable opportunity, not just one highlight. With 49 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Western Michigan.

The arc is straightforward: Ben Armer moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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    Western Michigan

    2008-2011

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

200820082009201020112011
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2008 PostseasonWestern Michigan0
2008 Regular SeasonWestern Michigan00
2009 Regular SeasonWestern Michigan00
2010 Regular SeasonWestern Michigan00
2011 PostseasonWestern Michigan00
2011 Regular SeasonWestern Michigan00

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Rice

Week 1 · L 14-38 · Postseason

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

0 primary-metric impact.

#2

@ Ball State

Week 14 · L 22-45 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#3

vs Toledo

Week 12 · W 27-17 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#4

vs Illinois

Week 11 · W 23-17

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#5

vs Eastern Michigan

Week 10 · W 31-10 · Conference game

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Touchdowns

0 takeover

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2008 Postseason · Western Michigan

0 primary output · efficiency · usage

100

#2

2008 Regular Season · Western Michigan

100

0 primary · efficiency · usage

#3

2009 Regular Season · Western Michigan

100

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games